Textile Flagships for Europe Meeting planning 27-28 January 2016, Brussels Overview 1. Objectives 27 Jan. meeting: Bring together all technical textiles related TFE s for a joint discussion on strategic topics for influencing EU research in technical textile and related technology domains in the coming years. Separate TFE4 & 5/6 meetings to exchange on new developments, update on H2020 opportunities and explore new topics. 28 Jan. meeting: Explore new EU research & cross-sector collaboration opportunities in the field of smart textiles/wearables and medical textiles/devices. Build new partnerships with related sectors. 2. Overall meeting schedule proposal 27 January: 10.30-13.00: joint session of TFE 3, 4, 5 & 6 14.00-16.30: separate sessions of TFE4 and TFE5&6 (TFE3 experts invited to join according to interest) 28 January: 9.30-13.00: Smart Textiles/Wearables workshop 14.00-16.30: Workshop on medical textiles 3. Preparation process 15 Dec: Circulation of draft agendas, inviting input proposals from TFE members & external speakers 7 Jan: Circulation of updated agendas & start of meeting registrations 15 Jan: Final agenda circulation & registration reminder 22 Feb: Closure of registrations
Detailed draft agendas 27 January 2016 Joint session of TFE 3, 4, 5 & 6-10.30-13.00 hours 10.00 Arrival & welcome coffee 10.30 Welcome & introduction of participants, 10.40 Scope of meeting & update on key issues Lutz Walter, Textile ETP 10.50 Technical textiles and fibre-based composites research in FP7/H2020 recent results & future directions - Achilleas Stalios, DG RTD, European Commission - MadMax project (speaker tbc.) - brief updates of other FP7/H2020 projects 11.30 Advanced digitised textile manufacturing technology research in FP7/H2020 recent results & future directions - Digitising European Industry a new initiative of the European Commission, speaker tbc. - ManuTex 4.0 state of play, Yves Gloy, ITA-RWTH Aachen - Industry 4.0 concepts in the T/C industry, speaker tbc., DITF-MR 12.15 Preparation of conference on innovative technical textiles and advanced manufacturing technologies in Oct. 2016 12.45 A.O.B., Meeting wrap-up, next meeting 13.00-14.00 Lunch break
TFE 4 Meeting 14.00 16.30 hours - Meeting introduction by TFE leadership team - Update on construction research activities in H2020, strategy and links to Construction ETP - News from textile construction related projects and research activities o ArcInTex project, University of Boras (tbc) o Further inputs requested from TFE4 members - Discussion & agreement on follow-up TFE4 activities - Any other business & meeting wrap-up TFE 5 &6 meeting 14.00 16.30 hours - Meeting introduction by TFE leadership team - Update on agricultural research activities in H2020, speaker tbc., European Commission - Decontamination and re-cultivation of industrial & mining sites, EU BRODISE project, speaker tbc. - News from TFE5&6 related projects and research activities o Textiles for offshore biomass production, Bert Groenendal, Sioen Industries o Further inputs requested from TFE5&6 members - Discussion & agreement on follow-up TFE5&6 activities - Any other business & meeting wrap-up
28 January 2016 Workshop on Smart Textiles/Wearables 9.30 13.00 9.00 Arrival & welcome coffee 9.30 Welcome & introduction of participants, 9.40 Scope of meeting Lutz Walter, Textile ETP 9.50 EU Research support to smart textiles/wearables past, present, future, Andreas Lymberis, European Commission 10.10 EPoSS the European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration focus area IoT/wearables collaboration opportunities with the Textile ETP speaker tbc. 10.30 Key issues for successful development and commercialisation of Smart Textiles/Wearables - Conductive textile materials, Centexbel, BE (speaker name tbc.) - Textile connectivity - Integration & manufacturing challenges - Washability - End market developments (health, sports, professional, entertainment) 11.45 Open discussion on Textile ETP EpoSS collaboration opportunities 12.45 A.O.B. & meeting wrap-up 13.00-14.00 Lunch break Workshop on Medical Textiles/Devices 14.00 16.30 14.00 Welcome words & scope of meeting Lutz Walter, Textile ETP 14.15 Presentation of ESTHER IDI new EU research initiative on healthcare technology, CEA, speaker name tbc. 14.45 Major application areas for textile innovation in healthcare technology - Surgical materials & implants - Tissue engineering
- Textile research for wound care and hygienic applications, University of Maribor, (speaker name tbc.) - Prosthetics & orthotics - Diagnostic/monitoring/smart wearables 16.00 Discussion on collaboration opportunities with ESTHER initiative and key stakeholder organisations 16.30 Meeting wrap-up